potasio

Concepts

potassium

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Synonyms

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kalium

Translations

potassium

Kalium

kalium

potasyum

potas

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Kali

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Hyphenated as

po‧ta‧sio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/poˈtasjo/

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin potassium, from English potassium, coined in 1807 by Humphrey Davy, from English potash, from Dutch potasch, from Middle Dutch pottaschen (literally “pot ashes”), ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”) and *askǭ (“ash”).